Future Hospital consultancy and technical advisors (FOI)

Request

Further to the Freedom of Information response Future Hospital advisors published on 24 March 2016, what was:

A

Atkins role and responsibility (2012 to 2014)?

B

Gleeds role and responsibility (2014 to 2016)?

C

Gleeds role and responsibility (2016 to present)?

D

Why did Gleeds replace WS Atkins?

E

Was the Gleeds role tendered?

F

Why have Gleeds cost more per year than Atkins?

Response

A

WS Atkins were engaged as advisors to undertake a Pre-Feasibility Spatial Assessment to;

‘… identify the most appropriate location for the identified business needs of the General and Acute Hospital and the overall strategy for delivery. This included the development of a statement of business need to set out and verify the future spatial requirements of the service, and identify the capacities and constraints, which can be used to consider site alternatives. The study will then need to develop and appraise alternative site options, including reviewing the suitability of the current site, to identify which preferred site option will best deliver the business need…’ [extract from Invitation to Tender for Consultancy Advice for the Jersey Hospital Pre-Feasibility Spatial Assessment Project: April 2012].

B

Gleeds Management Services (Gleeds) are engaged as Technical Advisor to the Future Hospital project. More details of their engagement can be found in the following Freedom of Information response:

Future Hospital technical advisors

C

Gleeds and their sub-consultants continue to provide services as Technical Advisor to the project.

D

The WS Atkins role was concluded.

E

The role of Technical Advisor was tendered competitively. More details of the procurement process can be found in the following Freedom of Information response:

Future Hospital technical advisors

F

The two roles are not the same and not comparable in terms of annual cost incurred.